Celebrities team up to raise money for center

Raising Cane’s founder/owner Todd Graves will join LSU football coach Les Miles, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri, LSU’s new women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell, Southern University football coach Stump Mitchell, SU baseball coach Roger Cador, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, Mayor Kip Holden and a host of other LSU and Southern coaches and local celebrities in doing all manner of things for tips at the Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center’s fifth annual “Celebrity Waiters Event — An All-Star Tailgate” Monday at Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar Burbank location. Tickets for the event, which gets under way at 7 p.m., are $50 in advance, $60 at the door. They are available by calling (225) 343-1984 or online at http://www.batonrougecac.org.

Aside from complimentary food, wine, beer and soda, tailgate attendees can bid on a plethora of items in both silent and live auctions, including one-of-a-kind sports packages and autographed memorabilia. And while the waiters have always competed for tips, BRCAC is upping the ante this year by offering the waiter with the most tips a trip and a trophy and bragging rights to the winning team.

Last year’s winner, LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux, has already thrown down the gauntlet by actively soliciting tips in advance of the actual event. Her fellow competitors also include: